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BINDER.

APPLICATION FlL';D NOV. 4. l9l8.

' 1 ,3 14,338. Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

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j CHARLES H. KORS, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BINDER.

Application led November 4, 1918.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES I-I. Koks, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Binders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to binding means for bundles and the like and has for its object to provide a simple and efficient binding means which can be easily applied and easily removed. It is particularly applicable for use in bindingl bundles of cigars and has for its object to produce binding means employing a tape or strip such that the tape or strip does Anot tend to become stringy or cord-like when in use as is the case where the ends of such tape or strip are secured by an ordinary knot. It further has for its object te produce4 a fastening device which may be used with tapes of different thicknesses. It further has for its object to produce a fastening device which may be used with a cord when desired and further to produce a fastening device which can be used with either a tape or a cord and which when used with the former does not result in form- 1nothe tape into a cord-like sha e.

The method now mostly used or bundling cigars is to buy muslin or material, tear it into strips, and tie one of these strips around fifty or a hundred cigars, making an ordinary knot for securing the ends of the strip.

The tying of the strips into knots in order to fasten them soon has the whole strip twisted into a cord-like `form and its use has to be soon dispensed with because `of the damage done to the cigars bound with such materlal, the cord-like form which the strip assumes resulting in too concentrated pressure upon the cigars so as to damage them. Another method that is sometimes used is to secure the bundle by means of a strap and ordinary buckle. When this is done, the strap has to be drawn tight enough to permit theton e of the buckle to pass through the hole in the strap. Thisrequires a greater strain or pressure than is necessary, which is` somewhat released when the tongue is inserted in the hole and often times results in too much `pressure even after the tongue is inserted in `the hole. It also reguires an increased pressure when the stra 1s being unbuckled so the damage is liab e to be done' not only at the cigar' makers Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2e, 1919.

Serial No. 260,928.

table but also in the packing department when the bundles are o cned by the packers. The damage done makes it difficult for a packer to get his proper selections and frequently results in what is known as hiding the dented cigars by burying them in the bottom of the box. Such damaged cigars often interfere with the ready sale of the goods because the smoker will not take a damaged cigar and the dealer does not feel like opening a new box until all of the old. box are disposed of.

With my device, these difficulties are avoided, and further, both time and labor are saved in the securing and opening of the bundles, and, furthermore, material is saved, since the strips can be used for a longer period. In using my device, the encircling strip can be brought to the exact tension desired and fastened and unfastened without requiring any extra compression or slack for eithersecuring or releasing. The securing means, however, is useful in other relations than in connection with cigars.

The following is a description of an embodiment of my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 shows my securing means applied to a bundle of cigars;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the fastening device of said securing means;

Fig. 3 is a modification of the same;

Fig. 4 is another modification of the same; and,

Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are sections of either of these devices upon the line :1a-m, Figs. 2, 3 and 4, showing various ways in which the strip may be inserted in the slits so as to be held therein.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 is a bundle of cigars; 2 is a fiat strlp of cloth or tape fastened around the bundle; 3 is a fastening device for securing the ends of the strip. This fastening device consists of a plate having a plurality of slits at each end. Thus, 4-442 are narrow slits adjacent to one end and 55-52 are narrow slits adjacent to the other end. All these slits are approximately parallel, although the slits 5 and 52 are preferably in slightly angular relation. They are about one twentieth of an inch in width when used with strips of ordinary muslin.

In Fig. 2 the slits 4-4-42 all open on on the opposite side from slits 5-5"`.

In FigB the construction shown is silnilar, with. the exception that the slits corresponding to M4K-42, -namel.y,V .sli-its 6-6-62, open alternately on opposite sides of the plate.

In Fig. 4l: the slits on one endare disposed in V.relations similar -to the slits on'thebther end, the slits 7 and 8 nearest the respectiye ends opening on opposite vsides from their other eo-eotre' elite 7F72 eed SV-.82, the eozeetiiigsltson each end being' `disposed at er aorte-arrendar reletori, the elite 7 '-185being substantially .parallel Vto the .slits '.7 and adjeeerlt to 'the eisers rasees upward through the elite. The strip their rasees downward through the' Slit d, upward thro-ile'hthe slit e2., and rdownward threugh the ,slit 4.., there leeiee ,e loose ,exposed end orA kear llt of ,suliicient ylinigth to -be -easily glteSPed- This renders a .secure fastening for tliat,er1d,-vvll0l.1 iS Setllre eren Wheethe strip lis not Surrounding .any zbuiidle, ,singe tWloof the plies `ere .elrveYS-lieldin .fiietionel contact with .one :another 4so as .not {.to slip. Alfter this Kendhas .been ;,tl(1 us seeilred, the other end .of fthe strip .is missedar p.1,1.r1d.the bundled-11d fftliestifp iS of or some.- Whatslip-pery material, ,.it. is ,passed .Upward through the inner-slit idoyvgnrvard through the neXt ,slit 5., and upvvardqthrough-.the-slit 5, as shown in.l 5., .the ear .1 1 being grasped so asl ,to ,hold ,the fplate meanwhile'. Iithestrip ,is 'oi .fa material `which is/not so liable to slip, a suicient holding can be eeeuredtvpeeeieeftllestrip .irriverd through theslit 52 anddownward through theislitb, as shown in 167,01'. 11p-Werd through slit y52 rgd downzuard through slit 5f as shown in i connection `with ,the :form ,shoyvn Vin ltligts. 3

arid ,4.- Tile enguleraleletoli -Of the' elite" .5? and rfz it@ (their eo-,eeting .slits aids .inthe Ehe elitsf-ateither. .fend @destitute elongated securing .means the slits are enpreximately tparallel te one .anether feed Similar variations maybe ,made in of the slits 7 and 8 enables the device to be used for either holding tapes or holding --tWi-ne,thusthe endsofthe twine can be inserted through the slits 72 and 82 and forced 'toward the apices 9 and 10 respectively,

whereupon it will be gripped securely so as 8-.8. The hole l2 is for the vpurpose ,O

hengingthe fastening devices 'riporre rloin or peg Wherever desired.. These fastening lele: vlces when -used by cigar makers are pref- @reilly marked with some designating mark,

suohas L or .R, .which Will indicate i Whether the Cigar ,maker .is Working .upon rielite lor lette .end .are .also marked with mimerals suoh y,a'sv20 or 21, which `.Will identify the eiser maker who mede-the eisers in .the pertieulerlburidleWhiohloeere ery Agiver feetening device. This enables the bundles `oo nteinirle .rights .to be veesly identified end Separated from j the .bundles containingleits .for the `purpose of guiding the lpeelrer, A,and also iflortiiiee the Iraker So .thet'lie een ,beheld responsible for anyder'ectiveworl; i AS .will be evident .to those skilled `in .the my invention .permits .of y.variete ineditieations Without departing' from .the `spirit thereof ortlre eeopeeffthe enioerided .eleirrle- .Wlle-t I .claim is: y y

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